• SEABOURN Extends 2021 Signature Savings Event

    Seabourn, the ultra-luxury resort at sea, has extended its 2021 Signature Savings Event through March 31, 2021, providing more time to tap into exceptional offers and an array of value-added amenities on select 2021 and 2022 voyages across its award-winning ultra-luxury fleet, including Seabourn Venture, the line’s first ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ship launching in December 2021. The Signature Savings Event features a number of significant benefits such as suite upgrades, shipboard credits and generous internet packages. Guests can rediscover Seabourn’s “Extraordinary Worlds,” from cosmopolitan cities to picturesque, quaint seaside towns across the globe, including the Mediterranean, Antarctica, Caribbean and more.

  • Myrtle Beach’s “Mega Sale” with Lodging Savings of Up to 45%

    The start 2021 is a time when many families are looking forward to a new year and new opportunities to make family memories that they may have missed out on in 2020. And, Vacation Myrtle Beach, one of the largest premier vacation providers in Myrtle Beach has released the best deals of the season, with significant savings of up to 45% and more to help early planners optimize their savings and ensure the most amazing vacation ever, all without breaking the bank. “Celebrate the new year and take advantage of some of the best vacation savings offered that we’re able

  • Wisconsin Center District’s New Executive Chef and General Manager Take Food & Beverage Experience to the Next Level

    Meeting planners know five-star hospitality when they see it. And that’s exactly what a select few experienced during a private, socially-distant tasting event at Milwaukee’s convention center, the Wisconsin Center. An intimate group of Milwaukee-based meeting planners gathered to experience the completely reimagined food and beverage program available at the Wisconsin Center District’s (WCD) venues. Thanks to new leadership by Levy Restaurants’ Executive Chef Christopher Pulling and General Manager Julio Henriquez, meeting and events planners can now elevate their clients’ next experience with high-end, customizable menu options when they book an event at the Wisconsin Center. As the Oktoberfest-themed tasting

  • Crescent Hotels & Resorts Opens Le Méridien St. Louis Clayton

    Crescent Hotels & Resorts has opened the 268 room, Le Méridien St. Louis Clayton. Crescent, based in Fairfax, Virginia is a nationally recognized operator of major hotels and resorts throughout the United States and Canada. Inspired by the era of glamorous travel, Le Méridien unlocks destinations around the world, celebrating each culture through the distinctly European spirit of savoring the good life. Located in the epicenter of the chic Clayton business district – minutes from Forest Park, Washington University and downtown Saint Louis – this new hotel is where the creative minded, the culture seekers and those who live to

  • Global DMC Partners to host Virtual Connection Conference

    Global DMC Partners (GDP), the leading global network of destination management companies (DMCs) and creative event experts, is proud to announce its seventh annual Connection. This year’s event will take place virtually on November 9 and 10, in partnership with Total Brand Experience (TBX), a virtual, hybrid, and live strategicevent management and production agency. The event will focus on providing education, actionable takeaways, and best practices for live, hybrid, and virtual events as meeting planners develop and adjust their future event strategies. “While we will dearly miss seeing our clients and DMC Partners in person this year, we are thrilled

  • Palace Resorts Sun Palace unveils $40 Million Transformation

    Palace Resorts, the company that sets the standard in five-star, all-inclusive resort accommodations, is pleased to announce the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation of Sun Palace, the brand’s luxury adults-only resort along the glistening turquoise waters of Cancun. Located 35 minutes from Cancun International Airport, the property has officially reopened after undergoing extensive improvements and a complete transformation to its interiors and exteriors and features a beautifully redesigned lobby, upgrades and new features to its meeting space, elegantly redesigned guest suites, luxe new dining options and new modern décor to its common spaces, bars, and lounges.  In addition to a

  • Hilton Americas -Houston $54 Million Renovation almost complete

    Hilton Americas-Houston is placing the finishing touches on a $54 million hotel transformation project, designed with today’s multi-tasking traveller in mind and with guest safety as its highest priority.  Functionality, accessibility and comfort were focal points of the new contemporary design highlighted by premium in-room amenities including additional power and USB ports, 65” 4K ultra high-resolution Samsung TVs, multifunctional furniture, wall murals created by local artists, updated restrooms with walk-in showers and sliding barn doors, and more. “We took the opportunity during this down time to continue and move forward without interruption to complete our renovation, said General Manager Jacques

  • Hilton to Bring New Luxury Resort to Spain’s Costa del Sol

    Hilton announced the signing of an agreement to open the Conrad Costa del Sol – a 194 room luxury resort set to bring a new level of contemporary luxury to the Andalusian coast. The property – owned by Markway Inversiones S.L., a company of the Platinum Estates Group, will be managed by Hilton and is set to open at the beginning of 2022. It will be Hilton’s first Conrad property in Spain. Carlos Miró, Managing Director, Development – Spain and Portugal, Hilton said: “The Costa del Sol is an incredibly popular destination with holidaymakers from all over Europe and beyond,

  • San Francisco Travel asks visitors to do their part with Safe Travel Pledge

    San Francisco Travel, the city’s official destination marketing organization, is asking visitors to commit to safe and responsible practices by signing the new Safe Travel Pledge. The Safe Travel Pledge encourages future visitors to come to San Francisco and to do so responsibly. This pledge is designed to remind people not only of what to expect when they visit the city, but what is expected of them as well. Since launching on July 29, 420 people have proactively committed to the ten-point pledge to follow health and safety guidelines designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. 62% of those

  • Costa Mesa Brings Experiences Into Your Home

    As the world continues to adjust and adapt to effects of the coronavirus outbreak, including practicing social distancing, the in-person connections will be few and far between for a while.  Until travel restrictions are eased and normal operations can resume, Travel Costa Mesa and other local attractions have created content and virtual “armchair” experiences to stay engaged  with those at home doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Following is a roundup of Costa Mesa’s virtual activities to remind visitors and locals alike that the city will be ready to welcome them again when the time is

  • Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities moves forward with Virtual Event

    The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities announced their upcoming 25th Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education will be held as a virtual event. The Virtual Conference is set to begin on April 21 through April 22, 2020. The event will feature key meetings with congressional offices allowing for leaders in the Hispanic higher education to speak with their representatives. The event brings together leaders of colleges and universities, public policymakers, key federal agency leaders, allied organizations, corporate, community and philanthropic representative at what has become a powerful national platform for winning public- and private-sectorsupport for Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

  • UnidosUS Changemakers Summit Cancellation Announcement

    UnidosUS CEO Janet Murguia made the ChangeMakers Summit Cancellation announcement in a letter dated March 11, 2020 to registered attendees. The following is the full letter. At UnidosUS we have been monitoring the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and its potential impact on our communities, our work and upcoming events. After careful deliberation, and following the guidance of the Washington, D.C., government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we are making the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 UnidosUS Changemakers Summit scheduled for March 23-25 in Washington, D.C. We recognize the impact of this decision, which we do not

  • Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal appoints Tom Puntel as new Director of Sales & Marketing

    A leader in the hospitality industry with a proven track record of leading sales, luxury marketing, and revenue management teams, Tom Puntel will lead the commercial strategy of the recently transitioned Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal in his new role as director of sales & marketing. “We are pleased to welcome Tom to the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal family,” said General Manager Fernando Flores. “His extensive knowledge of the luxury hospitality market will help us reach new heights during this exciting time, following the celebration of our 10th anniversary last year and the completion of our transition into Mexico’s first Waldorf Astoria

  • Apple Leisure Group and HOTEL expand partnership with new resort in Tulum, Mexico

    AMResorts®, an Apple Leisure Group® brand, and Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, one of the leaders of Mexico’s hotel industry, announced today a new resort management deal that will bring Breathless® Resorts & Spas to Tulum. AMResorts will oversee brand management, sales and marketing of the resort, while HOTEL will be responsible for operating the property. ALG is the world’s top seller of vacation packages to Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica, and one of the largest to the Caribbean, from the U.S., moving 2.3 million passengers annually to these regions. “Our strong relationship with Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe demonstrates ALG is

  • Sage Hospitality Group Welcomes Daniel del Olmo as President of Sage Hotel Management

    Sage Hospitality Group, one of the nation’s leading hospitality investment, development and management companies, announced today that Daniel del Olmo has joined Sage as president of the company’s hotel management arm. In this role, del Olmo will have comprehensive oversight of Sage Hotel Management’s hotel and restaurant operations. He will be tasked with creating and executing strategies that strengthen and grow the division, as well as meeting all operational and financial goals. “Daniel is an exemplary leader with a proven track record and expertise in leading hotel and restaurant operations to success,” said Sage Hospitality Group’s President and CEO Walter